Take away that opportunity, even for just a few hours, and you are reminding women exactly how fragile their opportunities are. How brittle their rights are.

And what a slap in the face on the one day their rights are supposed to be front and centre, both here and around the world.

There are plenty of battles to be had for women’s rights this Wednesday. The last thing we need is for one of those battles to bleed over the grounds we have already fought.

Be bold. Be brave. Be vocal, and stand tall for women’s rights on our internationally recognised day.

But don’t do it on top of the beaten bodies of those still trying to hold the frontline.

* Due to the fact EG Sinister reads my blog (taking notes for his own world domination one day), I find I need to … Manage my language. Trust me, there are better words to describe this mess than Bullshit, but it’s best I can do without paying for his tertiary education via swear jar.